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Re: Said to be from the Sasanian empire, can that be right for some of them? -- lindabd | Post Reply | Edit | Forum | Where am I? |
Dating any of the beads is problematic. If they are being casually dug up with no regards to archeological dating methods, then their true history is lost. It is also likely that beads are collected from different sources and areas and re-strung a number of times into market strands. This is why a mixture of materials can be found on the strands.
We should probably just regard such beads as "old and possibly ancient beads from the Middle East".
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